Not actually that surprised; Activision frequently make decisions that don't make a whole lot of sense.

So it's a game of a movie based on a game...

I quit,fuck everything

Wrong on so many levels. 

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah.....ahahahahahahaahahaahaha

This is fantastic news. Now I really wish that Asteroids movie didn't get cancelled because I would love to have seen the tie-in fps for that.

This isn't that absurd. Remember Street Fighter: The Movie: The Game? That was a game, based off a movie, which in turn was based off a game.

This truly is the year the world ends, since it can't possibly get any worse than this.

Activision are the McDonald's of video game publishers, aren't they?

Too bad I'll never get to play Activision's third-person, cover based shooter "reimagining" of Settler's of Catan. Or how about Ticket to Ride as an open world, sandbox crime game.

@Enigma777 said:

Wait....

Micheal Bay is not directing Battleship?

WHAT THE FUCK?

They wanted a more complex story than he could deliver, probably.

Thats so absurd that you now have my full attention.

I don't have the words for this. Help me out, Picard!

Who asked for this?!

Man, Double Helix made Silent Hill 5. Remember how incredible that game looked in the trailers? And then...

"With a BATTLESHIP videogame, we have an amazing opportunity to take our beloved property and give it a modern-day spin"

This ranks higher on the bullshit scale than my parents telling me I was special.

I demand a Tornado Rex game and/or movie now.

Yo dawg, I heard you liked movies and games, so I made a game based on a movie that was based on a game. So now you can game about a movie with your game.

o_O

They need to make a boardgame based off this game.

@NMC2008 said:

I can't wait until they make Candy Land into an FPS.

that would be significantly more interesting than most of the FPS's that are out now

I sighed through the whole post.

jeeez, hollywood r so dumb

Double Helix never produced a decent game, let alone a good one. Fact.

I guess you don't get much room to fire off snark when the target humiliates itself merely by existing.

I know you didn't just call Battleship mundane.

"Filed under: Games Based On Movies Based On Games, Activision, Games on Which Movies are Based, Games Based on Movies, Double Helix Games, Battleship"

Bravo.

@MariachiMacabre said:

@Enigma777 said:

Wait....

Micheal Bay is not directing Battleship?

WHAT THE FUCK?

They wanted a more complex story than he could deliver, probably.

Hah

i would be all for this if i could pull out a laptop like i was calling in a predator missile, and a giant red peg landed on and killed whatever i targeted.

Wow I never even associated that movie with the boardgame.... really? Why would you do that?

As always I expect a full slate of preview articles followed by a review, Alex. Chop chop!

This is news alright

So like, I could've sworn I saw an Imperial Japanese flag in the trailer; is America really going to be fighting its 53rd state in this movie?

Facepalm Activision... Faceplam

Word just in! The video game tie-in for Chess: The Movie will also be a first person shooter.

Clue: The Movie: The Video Game will also be a FPS... & Checkers... & Snakes & Ladders...

On the other hand, UNO: The Movie: The Video Game will not be a FPS... It will be a 3rd person cover based shooter with an active reload mechanic.

Firing Bullshit at B5!

@believer258 said:

@Livingitlarge224 said:

Personally, I can't wait for Magic: The Gathering: The Movie: The Video Game: The Card Game.

They already had Mortal Kombat: The Movie: The Game.

Swing and a miss from believer258.

But seriously - This is ridiculous.

Battleship, a game with no story or motive, is being made into a movie, which is then being made into a game that had nothing to do wither the movie or the board game.

...seems legit.

I like how the entire video game industry is slowly turning into The Onion.

Cannot wait for the Quick Look.

Hollywood has really run out of ideas.

Someone better say you sunk my battleship in this dumb movie.

yay its not coming to pc .... though i am still waiting on the live action hungry hungry hippos movie

Continuing the grand tradition of Street Fighter: The Movie: The Game

@thirteenyahs said:

You sunk my expectations.

best. comment. ever.

I think I'm the only one who's actually looking forward to the movie, it looks so stupid that it seems awesome. Plus Liam Neeson.

Well my plan for an MMO based on the Hungry Hungry Hippos movie I'm working on doesn't sound so stupid after all.

It was extremely difficult to tell this from a new Transformers movie looking at the trailer.

The only way I can get interested in this is if they have a Battleship of Power that you drop your Alexander Skarsgard action figurine on.

AAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA

On so many levels, so many!

Don't worry guys I hear that they are makeing Connect 4 an class based RPG.

Battle ship: Dont let them sink your Battleship.

also comming next summer

Crossfire: Dont get caught up in the Crossfire.

Rihanna is acting in the movie? Is she going to be in the game? This might be the lulziest celebrity cameo in a game since Danny Trejo in that stupid Playstation Move game that I can't remember the name of.